(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), all general partners are liable jointly and severally for all debts, obligations, and liabilities of the limited partnership unless otherwise agreed by the claimant or provided by law.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 10A-9A-4.04

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • GENERAL PARTNER: means :
    (A) with respect to a limited partnership, a person that:
    (i) is admitted as a general partner under Section 10A-9A-4. See Alabama Code 10A-9A-1.02
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • partner: means a limited partner or general partner. See Alabama Code 10A-9A-1.02
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT: means any agreement (whether referred to as a partnership agreement or otherwise), written, oral or implied, of the partners as to the activities and affairs of a limited partnership. See Alabama Code 10A-9A-1.02
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
(b) A person that becomes a general partner of an existing limited partnership is not personally liable for any debt, obligation, or liability of a limited partnership incurred before the person became a general partner.
(c) A debt, obligation, or liability of a limited partnership incurred while the limited partnership is a limited liability limited partnership, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, is solely the debt, obligation, or liability of the limited partnership. A general partner of a limited liability limited partnership is not personally liable, directly or indirectly, by way of indemnification, contribution, assessment or otherwise, for such a debt, obligation, or liability solely by reason of being or acting, or omitting to act, as a general partner. This subsection applies despite anything inconsistent in the partnership agreement that existed immediately before the consent required to become a limited liability limited partnership under Section 10A-9A-4.06(b)(2).
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